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Discontinuous systems described by ordinary differential equations are considered. These systems cannot be transformed to the ``standard form'' or their right-hand sides do not fulfil some conditions necessary to apply the continuous averaging. It is suggested to use following forms which are natural for the discussed class of problems \[ \dot{x}=\varepsilon X(x,t)+Z(x,t)[E(g(t)+\varepsilon f(x,t))-E(g(t))],\quad x(0)=x_0, \] and \[ \dot{x}=\varepsilon Z(x,t)E(g(t)+ f(x)),\quad x(0)=x_0, \] where \[ E(x)=\begin{cases} 1& \text{if } x>0\\ 1/2&\text{if } x=0\\ 0& \text{if } x<0, \end{cases} \] and \(X,Z:\mathbb{R}^{n+1} \to \mathbb{R}^n\), \(f:\mathbb{R}^{n+1} \to \mathbb{R}\) are measurable functions of \(t\) for constant \(x\) and \(\varepsilon\). The averaging procedure is proved for this special form of discontinuities, which is not small uniformly, but in an appropriate integral sense. Averaging theorems are formulated and proved for these forms of systems. The approach is illustrated with examples of vibration-induced displacement.